StreamerintermediateGreat Lakes
Circus Peanut
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Matched on Great Lakes, streamer flies, pike. Great Lakes predator shop and guide brand with musky-specific fly inventory.
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Matched on Great Lakes, streamer flies, steelhead. Michigan and Great Lakes shop lead for steelhead, trout, and smallmouth patterns.
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Matched on streamer flies, trout, streamer. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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The Circus Peanut looks like something a clown would eat at a fish circus, which is entirely the point. This articulated streamer has a profile that says 'confused baitfish having an identity crisis,' and brown trout apparently find identity crises delicious. The two-tone color scheme and peanut-shaped body create an erratic swimming action that triggers predatory strikes from fish that have seen everything -- except this.
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Where to Fish It
Au Sable River
MI · Freestone River
Manistee River
MI · Freestone River
Pere Marquette River
MI · Freestone River
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